herpes

Metzitzah b’peh, a controversial practice in which blood is sucked directly from a circumcision wound, is believed responsible for 24 cases of herpes reported since 2000, according to the city health officials.

A New York mohel who performed the circumcision of one newborn who died of herpes and of three other infants who contracted the disease apparently tested positive for herpes, The New York Jewish Week reported. More ▸

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s office is investigating the death of an infant from herpes following a controversial circumcision-related rite as a possible criminal matter, a newspaper reported. More ▸